Mount Borgstrom
Highest point
Elevation2,610 m (8,560 ft)[1]
Coordinates74°16′S 162°53′E / 74.267°S 162.883°E / -74.267; 162.883
Geography
LocationBorchgrevink Coast, Victoria Land, Antarctica
Parent rangeNash Ridge of the Eisenhower Range

Mount Borgstrom is a mountain, 2,610 metres (8,560 ft) high, rising 2 nautical miles (4 km) southeast of Mount Meister on Nash Ridge of the Eisenhower Range, in Victoria Land.[2] It was mapped by the United States Geological Survey from surveys and from U.S. Navy air photos, 1955–63, and named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for Commander Charles O. Borgstrom, an air operations officer with U.S. Navy Squadron VX-6 during Operation Deep Freeze 1966.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Mount Borgstrom Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica
  2. 1 2 "Borgstrom, Mount". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2011-08-03.

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